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Bates
Jun 15, 2006
It is kinda odd that I have basically two options - either I go to a warehouse and manually pick out stuff or full service with delivery. Why can't I order my groceries online and then go pick up a box? I mean walking around looking for canned goods, toilet paper, tooth paste etc. is not really a good use of my time but with delivery there is a scheduling issue - at least until I have a drop box for groceries which most people don't have yet. It's just weird it became this either or setup.

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Bates
Jun 15, 2006

SpaceCadetBob posted:

Our large and now growing extended family has finally this year after many years of persuasion, decided to go from individual gifts to doing a small and inexpensive round robin gift exchange for the adults and a select number of gifts for all the children.

I was so loving tired of getting 3 pairs of woolly socks, a new wallet and watch, some dumb gag gift, ect every year so, hopefully this year will be a bit more joyful only having to pick up two generic fun gifts for the round robin, and a gift each for my niece and nephew.

The adults in my family started pooling it all into one single big item for a certain amount to avoid all the sock-presents and shopping. Then we decided people could just get it themselves. Then we scrapped the fixed dollar amount. So now everybody just buy a special thing they want and show and tell it.

Bates
Jun 15, 2006

Haifisch posted:

And realistically they'd be hosed since big, well-coordinated groups of people would stomp all over the lone weirdo. And they'd have every reason to since the lone weirdo has lots of supplies.

I want an apocalypse flick where the protagonist immediately runs off to the country only to find out why it's called highway robbery and not street or alley or whatever robbery.

Bates
Jun 15, 2006

WampaLord posted:

Jesus Christ this is some disingenuous horseshit.

Cicero, have you made so much money that you have to defend capitalism at every turn now, by comparing America to third world countries and saying "lol socialism"?

How's France doing? How's Sweden doing?

Given the track record of the alternatives capitalism is doing ok.

Bates
Jun 15, 2006

Liquid Communism posted:

The fallacy is in asserting anyone ITT is praising communism's record on environmental issues, then calling that hypocrisy to question their statements.

I don't feel like this is a necessary statement most of the time, but: Criticism Of Capitalism Is Not Inherently Praise For Communism.

If no better alternative is offered then criticism merely amount to fine tuning and it's meaningless to talk of "capitalism" as the root of the problem.

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